The Plot Ages- The First Kinich AC

Mission in 5.5 hours

Any news on the next mission?

mechaerik said:

Any news on the next mission?

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I believe it is Thursday at 5 PM EST, given the following was posted after last mission:

Daird: Same time next week?
MrKinich: Unless anyone can't make it this time next week

Although of course I am hardly the authority on this subject.

DT

Mission 2 in 24 hours

And in case anyone forgot, everyone present last mission got 4 PP.

Banking 2 and buying ranged 2.

Main Character Skill unlocked; see OP for details.

DT, Kaiser, Mech, SS, RS, Patchy, & Megs all gain 4 PP.

Mission 3 next week at 5 EST.

Name: X-41B
Species: Robotic Scorpion
Gender: None (But refers to itself with feminine pronouns, and speaks with a feminine voice)
Age: 1983
Appearance: A 150 centimeters long, 70 centimeters wide scorpion 50 centimeters tall at the top of the "body", with a 1 meter tail and legs capable of varying their length from 30 centimeters to 150 centimeters and sharpened claws capable of varying their projection from the main body anywhere between 30 centimeters and 50 centimeters in a configuration patterned after an Emperor Scorpion. Armor color varies based on the robot's choices, but there is always a hammer and sickle visible on its claws, upper side of its body, and tail. Recessed points along the robot contain cameras and various sensors including smell, touch, thermal, and radiation. Oddly, a general's cap sits upon the scorpion's "head", and an appropriately sized coat with medals dangling from it adorn the tail.

Biography: X-41B was created a few years after its predecessor and prototype, X-41A in the land of Russotania to police the triple cities. After X-41A, the prototype focused on stealth to take down the criminal element and capitalist rebels vanished, X-41B was hurried into service. Designed more as the prototype of a conquering army than a development of a police robot, X-41B quickly vanquished any capitalist dogs and lawbreakers before it accidentally shattered the dome protecting Russotania from the irradiated wasteland in its effort to take down treasonous general Nadia Shuratova. Following this event, X-41B extended its patrol radius into the post-nuclear wasteland...only to find a burgeoning world of possibility.

It was nearly two thousand years later, after shattering multiple capitalist hideouts, that X-41B found a word within itself. With that word, a question, X-41B discovered the legend of the Sword of Plot Advancement, and determined to seize that sword and thereby find the answer to its one and only question: Why?

HP: 60
PP (Plot Points): 0
Plot Stuff:
-Unarmed II (Natural weapons)
-Medical IV
-Explosives V
-Defensive III
-Breaking III
-Toughness III
-Machismo I (Nerve Stapling)
-Toxins I
-Main Character II
-Player's Saving Throw II
-Slap on the Wrist III (Reduces damage to nonhostile units from all weapons used by this character)

Equipment:
-Micro-rocket launcher (Tail-mounted)
-Scorpion claws (Natural weapon)
-Hologram projector (Projects images in the air to communicate, disguise function broken)
-Assorted medical, self-repair, lockpicking, and anti-magic devices to aid in breaking and entering.

That was just... wow.

Kreszentia (Kaiser), Notlathotep (Mech), X-41 B (Nuke), RNG (RS), and Jiro (Patchy) get 8 PP for being so amazing and sticking to the mission until the very end.
Myra (Arrow), Shagranoz (Daird), & Nalia (DT) get the base 4 PP.

Lunaria the Pixie & Siggy the Cat are dead.


Explosives is soooo getting nerfed.

Well, that was tedious. No more rolling for plot; I guess I'll have to start planning things in advance now.

Nalia has followed her companions to the grave.

RS, Daird, Mech, Patchy, Arrow, & DT's new character gain 4 PP.

To help new players catch up, starting PP is now 25.

Mission 5 in a week.

I did not expect to make half the progress we made in that mission; ironic that the two players most interested in story missed it.

Shag, Roza, Kresz, & Notla gain 6 PP
Jiro gains 5 PP as per our agreement at the start of the mission
Owain, Myra, & Carunyo gain 3 PP for showing up, but being too late to contribute

Next mission next Thursday, 5 PM EST, as always.

...Well, no one can say my missions aren't challenging...

Owain, Shag, Roza, Kresz, Myra, Carunyo, Jiro, & Notla gained 6 PP

Next mission in a week, same time as always.

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Also, I would appreciate it if one of the players would post in the thread; I feel like a moron quadruple posting.

Don't worry you are not a moron

*Nerfs Enemies*
Owain le Roche & Shagranoz Zarmel were killed & presumably eaten

Roza (RNG), Kresz (Kaiser), Myra (Arrow), & Jiro (Patchy) all gained 5 PP
Carunyo (SS) gains 1 PP for showing up, but being forced to leave before anything happened
Daird put in good effort, so his new character gains 4 PP from this mission
Megs said he is not coming back, but on the off chance he does, he also put in good effort, and would get 4 PP

Next mission is Thursday, 5 PM EST, as always.

So. Tons of progress in that mission; the insect colony heir was saved, Owain was revived, Berwyn was found, and now the team has a route to either Metro City or Faeshire, armed escort included.

FunGuy (Daird), Kreszentia (Kaiser), Carunyo (SS), Jiro (Patchy), Notla (Mech), & X-41B (Nuke) all gain 6 PP
RNG (RS) & Owain (Megs) couldn't contribute, but the areas they did appear in were very amusing, so they get 2 PP
Myra (Arrow) gets 1 PP for showing up, then leaving

Next mission should be in a week, same time, same place.

And starting PP is now 35

Took Shapeshifting 4 and Main Character 2

Okay, here we gooooooooooooooooo

Name: Iris Reed
Alias: Flaming Fox (Not her actual alias--nobody has called her that ever)
Species: Human
Gender: Female
Age: 16
Appearance: Wearing cloth, because she ain't scared of fire
Biography: Tbd
HP: 35
PP (Plot Points): 0
Plot Stuff: Flames 7 (28PP): does chip damage, impedes movement, has to be put out, can spread by touch and stuff, affects environment, hopefully does large damage
Flame resistance 2 (6PP)
Toughness 1 (1PP)
Ranged 2 (6PP)

Equipment: flamethrower

More poison characters? Kinich must have really impressed people with those spiders.

But are you sure about those stats Arrow? Only one toughness and no defense puts you in the range of being OHKO'd by an accidental rocket crit from friendlies (looking at you Nuke) let alone what the enemy will do to you.

Arrow Gamer said:

Okay, here we gooooooooooooooooo

Name: Iris Reed
Alias: The Toxic Toad (Not her actual alias--nobody has called her that ever)
Species: Human
Gender: Female
Age: 16
Appearance: Wearing leather jerkin, cloth pants, and moccasins.
Biography: Tbd
HP: 35
PP (Plot Points): 0
Plot Stuff: Toxins 7 (28PP)
Archery 3 (6PP)
Toughness 1 (1PP)

Equipment: Bow, poisoned arrows.

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Hmm. I always viewed poison as a secondary ability - a bonus to a regular attack, not the primary attack in and of itself.

Patchy said:

More poison characters? Kinich must have really impressed people with those spiders.

But are you sure about those stats Arrow? Only one toughness and no defense puts you in the range of being OHKO'd by an accidental rocket crit from friendlies (looking at you Nuke) let alone what the enemy will do to you.

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^Guilty as charged. My rocket crits go up to about 40 damage (Right now. That number will only increase), and even with SotW I'm not predicting greater than a 10% reduction on that. And my rockets are toxic now. At some point, you will take >60% of your current health from a poorly aimed or low rolling rocket. I strongly recommend getting at least one more point in Toughness right now, and another point after your first mission. And two points in Defense, eventually.

But ultimately, she's your character and if you think you can pull it off, go for it!

I am happy with my character as it is.

Indeed, toughness 1 was only because I had a point left over.

Arrow Gamer said:

I am happy with my character as it is.

Indeed, toughness 1 was only because I had a point left over.

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Awesome! Entirely your call. I'm getting better about the ~100 damage dealt to friendly characters by accident thing anyway.